Oil
מְשַׁחStrong’s H4887meshach (me-shach)
Appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Meshach is the Aramaic word usually translated “oil”. It appears in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
“And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:”
Meaning
- Oil
How it's translated
- and oil 1
- oil 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 2
1 book in all.
Aramaic dictionary
מְשַׁח meshach · oil
oil
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “oil” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
OIL, noun
It seems to be named from its inflammability, for aelan, is to kindle, and to oil; hence anaelan, to anneal; aeled, fire. Latin oleum; Gr.]
All definitions and other forms of “oil”
OIL, verb transitive
To smear or rub over with oil; to lubricate with oil; to anoint with oil
OIL'-BAG, noun
A bag, cyst or gland in animals containing oil
OIL'-COLOR, noun
A color made by grinding a coloring substance in oil
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.